Nathan Harris

My ePortfolio-at-a-Glance


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Self Knowledge

Demonstrates growth and competence in:
goal setting, planning, assuming responsibility, motivation/self direction, reflection, self assessment, multiple intelligences, emotional intelligence, finding your passion


2

Technology Tools

Demonstrates growth and competence in:
media (text, audio, and video production tools), productivity tools (presentation, statistical, database),
communication tools, email, chat, discussions, telephone, texting, networking tools, web, integration of platforms and applications


2

Communication Process

Demonstrates growth and competence in:
public presentation of self, interpersonal relationships (peers, family, teachers, mentors), public speaking

1

Collaboration and Community

Demonstrates growth and competence in:
workplace expectations/skills/abilities, workplace resources, collaboration and teamwork, decision making, problem solving, creativity, navigating the community,
civic engagement (leadership, social skill, politeness, task skill, helpfulness, diversity, clarity, success of outcomes)

1

Research and Assessment Tools

Demonstrates growth and competence in:
library skills and information literacy, search strategies, evaluating sources, mathematical reasoning, scientific method, data presentation and interpretation, rubrics, assessment, reflection

1

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My ePortfolio


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The Five 21st Century Skills

Self Knowledge

Demonstrates growth and competence in:
goal setting, planning, assuming responsibility, motivation/self direction, reflection, self assessment, multiple intelligences, emotional intelligence, finding your passion




Technology Tools

Demonstrates growth and competence in:
media (text, audio, and video production tools), productivity tools (presentation, statistical, database),
communication tools, email, chat, discussions, telephone, texting, networking tools, web, integration of platforms and applications

My Unit 3 project is a perfect example for a good use of technology tools because it was one of my best uses of the technological resources at hand. A daunting task for this project was figuring out how to keep the balance between keeping the audience engaged, meanwhile getting an appropriate amount of visual knowledge across. At first it was difficult to figure out a way to keep this balance while not distracting the audience. Then, I found one of the easiest ways was to use educational, relevant pictures with minimal text and simple transitions that supported my oral presentation. I found it quite exciting to find the perfect use of visual support was to simply use images. In the future, I would like to find a way to incorporate more facts in text form in my presentation without losing the audience.


Communication Process

Demonstrates growth and competence in:
public presentation of self, interpersonal relationships (peers, family, teachers, mentors), public speaking

This PowerPoint was the Visual Aid for my Unit 4 Project. It was extremely difficult for me to create this project because it was a partner project, and I struggle with communicating my ideas. Finally, I managed to overcome my struggles and create a good joint visual aid by becoming familiar with my partner and having open communication about our ideas and what we wanted to happen. Next time, I would make sure I get to know my partner before we begin the project.


Collaboration and Community

Demonstrates growth and competence in:
workplace expectations/skills/abilities, workplace resources, collaboration and teamwork, decision making, problem solving, creativity, navigating the community,
civic engagement (leadership, social skill, politeness, task skill, helpfulness, diversity, clarity, success of outcomes)

This powerpoint was the presentation for the road trip project we had to do in History class, a collaborative project. The project was quite difficult for me because I was working together with people I didn't know well. We didn't get along very well at first because we didn't know each other well, but eventually we learned to overcome our differences and work together as a group. After we worked out our differences, I liked being able to split up the projects work evenly among others.I also enjoyed watching all of our different components of the project coming together to create one collaborative project. Next time, I would try to get to know my group's strengths and weaknesses before I began working.


Research and Assessment Tools

Demonstrates growth and competence in:
library skills and information literacy, search strategies, evaluating sources, mathematical reasoning, scientific method, data presentation and interpretation, rubrics, assessment, reflection

My piece of evidence for "Research and Assessment Tools" was my Unit 3 Works Cited because it really shows my ability to locate valuable resources for research in various media sources. I found it difficult to know what sources on the internet to trust. Eventually, I figured out that it is best to use sources you previously knew and trusted, so I used About.com, Eyewitness to History, and PBS.org. I also used the online text book because it had a great amount of information I knew to be true. In the end, I found the most useful sources to be the text book and PBS.org. Next time researching, I would use sources I already knew to be trustworthy and factual.


Other Artifacts

Introduction of Self

Produce a video Introduction to Self that identifies and summarizes strengths and goals and describes how school life and personal lives are related.




Personal Education Plan

Create a PEP that is specific to your goals and desires, with detailed descriptions on current status and plans to reach goals
(including the commitment to refer back to the PEP often and confer with teachers).




Skills Resume

Produce a Skills Resume by reflecting on your own skills/experiences and develop the habit of constructing and maintaining a resume.




Self-Reflective Video

Produce a mid-year Self-Reflective Video that summarizes what you have accomplished so far and helps to set goals for the remainder of the year.
Students will revisit this video in an end-of-year reflection.